Berkshire Windows XP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows XP skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows XP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows XP
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Ayrshire Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexley Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Ceredigion Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Grimsby Guildford Gwent Halifax Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Keighley Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesbrough Middlesex Middlewich Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North Ayrshire North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Shields South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tipton Torpoint Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Kilbride West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	59
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	83	120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.111 %	0.121 %
As % of the category below	10.38 %	8.915 %
Daily rates quoted	11	29
Average minimum daily rate	£334	£339
Average daily rate	£359	£372
% change on same period last year	-3.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£224	£269
% change on same period last year	-16.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.10	£19.34
Average hourly rate	£24.58	£20.52
% change on same period last year	+19.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.05	£21.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.28	£16.75
% change on same period last year	-2.78 %
Operating Systems Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	800	1346
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.066 %	1.362 %
Daily rates quoted	170	442
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£341
Average daily rate	£363	£361
% change on same period last year	+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	120	163
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.92	£25.17
Average hourly rate	£24.66	£26.63
% change on same period last year	-7.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.41	£28.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows XP South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows XP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows XP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region.

Windows XP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region.

Windows XP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows XP across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows XP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows XP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+16	45	£383	-12.16 %
Slough	-7	10	-	-
Maidenhead	+18	6	-	-
Newbury	+9	5	-	-
Bracknell	+13	2	-	-
Wokingham	+2	1	£120	-
Windsor	-2	1	-	-

Windows XP South East

Windows XP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP.

1 145 (100.00 %) Windows 2 50 (34.48 %) Microsoft 2 50 (34.48 %) Windows Server 2003 3 44 (30.34 %) MS Office 4 40 (27.59 %) Security Cleared 5 36 (24.83 %) Active Directory 6 31 (21.38 %) TestDirector 7 25 (17.24 %) StarTeam 8 24 (16.55 %) Borland 9 23 (15.86 %) Lotus 9 23 (15.86 %) Lotus Notes 10 22 (15.17 %) OpenView Configuration Management 11 21 (14.48 %) SC Cleared 12 14 (9.655 %) DNS 13 12 (8.276 %) TCP/IP

13 12 (8.276 %) MS Exchange 13 12 (8.276 %) VMware 14 11 (7.586 %) Exchange Server 2003 14 11 (7.586 %) Novell 14 11 (7.586 %) HP 14 11 (7.586 %) Microsoft Certification 15 10 (6.897 %) Blackberry 15 10 (6.897 %) Telecoms 16 9 (6.207 %) Government 16 9 (6.207 %) MS Excel 16 9 (6.207 %) HTML 17 8 (5.517 %) VBA 17 8 (5.517 %) Project Management 17 8 (5.517 %) PDA 17 8 (5.517 %) Test Scripting

Windows XP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows XP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows XP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (6.207 %) HTML 2 4 (2.759 %) ASP 2 4 (2.759 %) XML 2 4 (2.759 %) WSH 2 4 (2.759 %) WMI 3 3 (2.069 %) .NET 4 2 (1.379 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (1.379 %) Application Packaging 5 1 (0.690 %) JSP 5 1 (0.690 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.690 %) Windows SharePoint Services 5 1 (0.690 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 23 (15.86 %) Lotus Notes 2 12 (8.276 %) MS Exchange 3 11 (7.586 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 7 (4.828 %) IIS 5 5 (3.448 %) SharePoint 6 4 (2.759 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 4 (2.759 %) SharePoint Portal Server 6 4 (2.759 %) Office Project Server 7 3 (2.069 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 2 (1.379 %) GroupWise 8 2 (1.379 %) WebLogic 8 2 (1.379 %) Apache 8 2 (1.379 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 1 (0.690 %) Oracle Application Server 9 1 (0.690 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 44 (30.34 %) MS Office 2 9 (6.207 %) MS Excel 3 4 (2.759 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.690 %) AutoCAD 4 1 (0.690 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 14 (9.655 %) DNS 2 12 (8.276 %) TCP/IP 3 6 (4.138 %) VPN 3 6 (4.138 %) SMS 3 6 (4.138 %) Firewall 4 4 (2.759 %) SAN 4 4 (2.759 %) Broadband 4 4 (2.759 %) LAN 4 4 (2.759 %) WAN 4 4 (2.759 %) DHCP 5 3 (2.069 %) 3G 6 2 (1.379 %) HTTP 6 2 (1.379 %) Internet 7 1 (0.690 %) Wi-Fi 7 1 (0.690 %) Wireless 7 1 (0.690 %) Intrusion Detection 7 1 (0.690 %) IPX 7 1 (0.690 %) ADSL 7 1 (0.690 %) GPRS 7 1 (0.690 %) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (4.138 %) SQL Server 2 4 (2.759 %) MSDE 2 4 (2.759 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 3 3 (2.069 %) BusinessObjects 3 3 (2.069 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (1.379 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (1.379 %) Oracle 9i 4 2 (1.379 %) Oracle 10g	Development Applications 1 31 (21.38 %) TestDirector 2 25 (17.24 %) StarTeam 3 5 (3.448 %) MSI 3 5 (3.448 %) WinRunner 4 4 (2.759 %) LoadRunner 5 2 (1.379 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (0.690 %) Introscope 6 1 (0.690 %) NUnit 6 1 (0.690 %) QARun
General 1 10 (6.897 %) Telecoms 2 9 (6.207 %) Government 3 3 (2.069 %) Marketing 4 1 (0.690 %) Pharmaceutical 4 1 (0.690 %) Publishing 4 1 (0.690 %) Education	Job Titles 1 24 (16.55 %) Tester 2 20 (13.79 %) Analyst 3 18 (12.41 %) 2nd Line Support 4 15 (10.34 %) Support Engineer 5 14 (9.655 %) 1st Line Support 6 12 (8.276 %) Desktop Support 7 10 (6.897 %) Helpdesk Support 8 9 (6.207 %) Systems Tester 8 9 (6.207 %) Consultant 9 8 (5.517 %) Support Analyst 9 8 (5.517 %) Server Engineer 10 7 (4.828 %) 3rd Line Support 11 4 (2.759 %) Helpdesk Analyst 11 4 (2.759 %) Server Support 11 4 (2.759 %) Architect 11 4 (2.759 %) Desktop Engineer 11 4 (2.759 %) Team Leader 11 4 (2.759 %) Desktop Support Analyst 11 4 (2.759 %) Desktop Analyst 11 4 (2.759 %) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (6.897 %) Blackberry 2 8 (5.517 %) PDA 3 5 (3.448 %) French Language 4 4 (2.759 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.690 %) German Language 5 1 (0.690 %) Statistics 5 1 (0.690 %) Spread Betting	Operating Systems 1 145 (100.00 %) Windows 2 50 (34.48 %) Windows Server 2003 3 6 (4.138 %) Windows Vista 3 6 (4.138 %) Windows 2000 3 6 (4.138 %) Windows NT 4 4 (2.759 %) UNIX 5 3 (2.069 %) Solaris 6 2 (1.379 %) Linux 7 1 (0.690 %) NetWare 7 1 (0.690 %) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies 1 40 (27.59 %) Security Cleared 2 21 (14.48 %) SC Cleared 3 8 (5.517 %) Test Scripting 3 8 (5.517 %) Project Management 4 7 (4.828 %) Configuration Management 5 6 (4.138 %) Network Load Balancing 5 6 (4.138 %) ITIL 6 5 (3.448 %) Security Management 7 4 (2.759 %) Service Management 8 3 (2.069 %) Content Management 9 2 (1.379 %) PRINCE2 9 2 (1.379 %) Automated Testing 9 2 (1.379 %) Workflow 9 2 (1.379 %) DV Cleared 10 1 (0.690 %) BC Cleared 10 1 (0.690 %) Release Management 10 1 (0.690 %) Continuous Integration 10 1 (0.690 %) Time Management 10 1 (0.690 %) TDD 10 1 (0.690 %) Asset Management	Programming Languages 1 8 (5.517 %) VBA 2 7 (4.828 %) VB 3 6 (4.138 %) VBScript 4 4 (2.759 %) SQL 5 2 (1.379 %) VB6 5 2 (1.379 %) C 5 2 (1.379 %) C# 5 2 (1.379 %) Java 6 1 (0.690 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 11 (7.586 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (2.759 %) MCSE 3 3 (2.069 %) MCSA 4 1 (0.690 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.690 %) MCP 4 1 (0.690 %) A+ Certification 4 1 (0.690 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.690 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.379 %) QA 2 1 (0.690 %) SLA
System Software 1 36 (24.83 %) Active Directory 2 3 (2.069 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (1.379 %) NDS 4 1 (0.690 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (0.690 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.690 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.690 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (0.690 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 22 (15.17 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 5 (3.448 %) ZENworks 2 5 (3.448 %) SCCM 2 5 (3.448 %) HP Data Protector 2 5 (3.448 %) MOM 3 4 (2.759 %) Netcool 4 2 (1.379 %) OpenView 4 2 (1.379 %) CA SiteMinder 5 1 (0.690 %) Unicenter 5 1 (0.690 %) Tivoli 5 1 (0.690 %) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors 1 50 (34.48 %) Microsoft 2 24 (16.55 %) Borland 3 23 (15.86 %) Lotus 4 12 (8.276 %) VMware 5 11 (7.586 %) Novell 5 11 (7.586 %) HP 6 6 (4.138 %) Dell 6 6 (4.138 %) Cisco 7 5 (3.448 %) Symantec 8 4 (2.759 %) Oracle 9 3 (2.069 %) Business Objects 10 2 (1.379 %) Nortel 10 2 (1.379 %) Citrix 10 2 (1.379 %) CheckPoint 10 2 (1.379 %) VERITAS 11 1 (0.690 %) Red Hat 11 1 (0.690 %) Mercator 11 1 (0.690 %) Remedy 11 1 (0.690 %) Fujitsu Siemens 11 1 (0.690 %) Juniper